In the debate over competing rescue plans, those in both political parties have miscited a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office to make their case. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy suggested the unemployment benefits in the Democratic package
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Snopes→ SpaceX’s 2nd Starship Test Flight Ends with Another Kaboom
SpaceX’s second full test flight of its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship ended in another fiery crash landing.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘When Covid Hit New Zealand’ Tweet
In February 2021, an undated screenshot of a tweet spread on Reddit and Imgur, which purportedly described the way New Zealand handled the COVID-19 pandemic (with an unvoiced but inherent contrast with the United States): Yep here you are f
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a major turbulence on a US flight in 2019, not an Indonesian flight in 2021
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows passengers on Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 before it crashed on January 9, 2021. The claim is false: the video has appeared in reports si
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Citadel Own Robinhood?
On January 28 2021 the popular stock trading app Robinhood controversially halted trading of two viral tickers ($GME and $AMC) following the improbable rally of $GME, leading to whispers that Robinhood was owned by Citadel — a capital firm purpo
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Filipina flight attendant on board a Cebu Pacific plane in 2020
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok alongside a claim that it shows a flight attendant crying on board Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 shortly before the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea in Ja
AFP Fact Check→ Video shows sinking of disused airplane for diving tourism in Turkey in 2019, not lifting of Sriwijaya Air plane wreckage
A video has been viewed millions of times on TikTok and YouTube in posts which claim it shows the wreckage of a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea in January 2021. The claim is false: the video actually shows a decommissioned plane that w
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a European flight hit by turbulence in 2019
A video has been viewed millions of times on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows the final moments inside Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 before it crashed in January 2021. The claim is false; the video actually shows p
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows an Indian airline plane hit by major turbulence in July 2020
A video has been viewed more than one million times on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok alongside a claim that it shows the last moments of Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air flight before the aircraft crashed in the Java Sea in January 2021. The claim is fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claims Biden Inauguration Was Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC to Lose Licenses Have NO Merit
Was the inauguration cancelled; will Donald Trump remain in office; and will ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC all lose their licenses? No, none of that is true: A made-up story containing those claims and predictions was written by a discre
Snopes→ Bus Dramatically Plunges off Bridge; Driver, Passengers Hurt
The driver was seriously injured in the crash just after 11 p.m. in New York City.
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of Trump Invoking Insurrection Act
Quick Take A falsehood on social media claims President Donald Trump has “invoked” the Insurrection Act, seized control of the country through the military and will “remain president indefinitely.” A Defense Department spokesma
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Lion Air flight experiencing turbulence over Indonesia in 2017
A video has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok alongside a claim that it shows the last moments before Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182 crashed off the Indonesian coast in 2021. The claim is false; the footage actually shows a
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated in reports about turbulence on an Etihad Airways flight in 2016
A video filmed inside a passenger plane has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, YouTube and Tencent Video alongside a claim it shows the moments before an Indonesian aircraft carrying 62 people crashed into the sea on Januar
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show a baby rescued from an Indonesian boat disaster in 2018
A pair of pictures have been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that they show a baby who survived Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air flight that crashed into the sea on January 9, 2021. The claim is false; the pictures have
Snopes→ Prosecutor: Wisconsin Pharmacist Thought Vaccine Was Unsafe
A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed the shots would mutate people’s DNA.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lead GBI Agent Investigating Georgia Voter Fraud And GOP Staffer Death Was NOT Found Dead
Did the lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent investigating both voter fraud in Georgia and the death of a young GOP campaign volunteer die in a suspicious shooting"? No, that's not true: The agent who was found dead of a self-inflic
Truth or Fiction?→ Is EO 13848 Trump’s ‘Ace in the Hole’ for Election Challenges?
As political disinformation about the 2020 election continued into December 2020, its purveyors turned to Executive Order 13848 — more precisely, claims that EO 13848 existed to ensure that U.S. President Donald Trump would remain in power for a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Photo of Defense Secretary’s COVID Vaccination Does NOT Show A No-Needle Syringe
Is the Department of Defense photo of Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller getting a COVID-19 vaccination faked with a blunt oral syringe instead of a needle-tipped syringe? No, that's not true: Although the needle on the syringe is d
Full Fact→ Survey doesn’t show voters ditching Conservatives over bike lanes
“We will ditch Boris Johnson over bike lanes, say 27 percent of Tory voters.” The Mail on Sunday, 13 December 2020. The Mail on Sunday has reported the results of a survey which claimed that 27% of people who voted Conservative at the last
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 50,000 Chinese Soldiers Were NOT Bombed And Killed In Maine
Were 50,000 Chinese soldiers bombed and killed in Maine -- with the incident "listed as an earthquake"? No, that's not true: there was a minor earthquake in Maine on December 9, 2020, but there was no bomb involved and there weren't 50,00
Truth or Fiction?→ Special Forces Did Not Raid a ‘CIA Server Farm’ in Frankfurt to Seize Dominion Servers
In November and December 2020, following Donald Trump’s resounding loss by millions of votes in the presidential election to Joe Biden, rumors spread by those trying to cope with their loss centered around persistent and increasingly ludicrous c
Snopes→ Trump Distorts Military Role in Vaccines
From the get-go, President Donald Trump has miscast or exaggerated the military's role in his administration's crash program to accelerate the development, production and eventual distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Snopes→ Contestant Dies After Completing ‘Wipeout’ Obstacle Course
The reality competition show has contestants navigate an extreme obstacle course featuring giant balls and pitfalls that often result in spectacular crashes.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Lawyer’s Affidavit Mistake Michigan for Minnesota?
As the Trump administration’s attempts to overturn the election continued on November 20 2020, attorney Andrew Fleischman highlighted a possible error in an affidavit filed by lawyer Lin Wood in which a sworn expert apparently confused Minnesota
FactCheck.org→ Loeffler-Warnock Runoff Starts with Attack Ads
About a week after Georgia’s special election headed to a runoff, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican, and Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, both launched questionable attacks that the other candidate has disputed: An ad from Loeffler claimed that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Pentagon And The State Department HAVE Issued Condolences After The Deaths of 5 U.S. Service Members In Egypt
Have President Trump, the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department not commented on the deaths of U.S. service members in a helicopter crash in Egypt on November 12, 2020? No, that's not true: Although Trump and the White House
AFP Fact Check→ No, Zimbabwean businessman “Ginimbi” did not buy his coffin a week before he died
Viral social media posts and articles have claimed that Zimbabwean businessman and socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure, who recently died in a car crash, bought his own coffin adorned with a green guitar a week before his death. However, this clai
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Explaining the False Allegations About Dominion Voting Systems
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AFP Fact Check→ These images are old and do not show scenes of unrest in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray
Two pictures, one of a plane crash and the other of soldiers walking on a dusty road, have been making rounds on Facebook claiming to show the escalating conflict between separatists and the army in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. But the claims a
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misinterpret Video of North Carolina Voter Rally
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that a video shows get-out-the-vote marchers in North Carolina were pepper-sprayed by police because they were “blocking polls & intimidating voters.” The nearest voting place was a block away
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Santos Dumont Airport In Rio De Janeiro Does NOT Have A 1,300-foot Runway
Is the Santos Dumont Airport runway only 1,300 feet long? No, that's not true: The runway was 1,300 feet long back in 1934 when the airport was first being developed. The runway size was increased with improvements over time and currently
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Late John F. Kennedy Jr. Will NOT Replace Mike Pence On The GOP Ticket
Did the Republican Party make a last-minute substitution, replacing Vice President Mike Pence on the ballot with John F. Kennedy Jr.? No, that's not possible: Kennedy, his wife and sister-in-law died when the small plane he was piloting c
FactCheck.org→ Conspiracy Theory Baselessly Claims Biden Had Navy SEALs Killed
Quick Take A viral conspiracy theory spread across social media baselessly claims former Vice President Joe Biden “had SEAL Team 6 killed” as part of a cover-up after a purportedly failed assassination of Osama bin Laden. President Donald T
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers, Preelection Update
Summary During Donald Trump’s time in office: The economy lost 3.9 million jobs. Economic growth fell short of what Trump promised, then crashed during the pandemic. The number of murders went down — but rebounded this year. Corporate profits set
Truth or Fiction?→ Virginia Voter Registration Disrupted on Deadline Day Due to ‘Accidentally’ Cut Cable
“Accidentally” appeared as a trending topic on Twitter on October 13 2020, not long after Washington, DC-area news station @WUSA9 tweeted that the state’s entire voter registration system went offline — on the last day to regis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden’s First Wife Did NOT Run A Stop Sign Before She Was Killed In A Car Accident
Did Joe Biden's first wife run a stop sign before she was killed in a car accident? No, that's not true. Neilia Biden and their children Naomi, Beau and Hunter, were in a car accident on December 18, 1972. She did not run a stop sign but
Logically→ More people in Minnesota died of road accidents, than of COVID-19 in 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic has so far claimed 2,083 lives in the state, whereas, 247 people were killed in car crashes between Jan and Aug 2020.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Twitter User Tweet That Trump’s October Surprise Will be the Announcement of ‘His Infection’?
Just after midnight Eastern time on October 2 2020, news broke that United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for novel coronavirus; a screenshot of a September 18 2020 tweet began circulating shortly thereafter
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Twitter User Tweet That Trump’s October Surprise Will be the Announcement of ‘His Infection’?
Just after midnight Eastern time on October 2 2020, news broke that United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for novel coronavirus; a screenshot of a September 18 2020 tweet began circulating shortly thereafter